K-9 and Company

Overview

A one-episode television pilot for a proposed 1981 spin-off of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features former series regulars Sarah Jane Smith, an investigative journalist played by Elisabeth Sladen, and K9, a robotic dog voiced by John Leeson. Both characters had been companions of the Fourth Doctor but they had not appeared together before. The single episode, A Girl's Best Friend was broadcast by BBC1 as a Christmas special on 28 December 1981 but was not taken up for a continuing series.

Series details

First air date

1981

Last air date

1981

Status

Ended

Seasons

1

Episodes

1

Episode runtime

50 min

Genres

Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC One

Created by

John Nathan-Turner

Production

BBC Pebble Mill

Cast

Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Jane Smith

John Leeson

K-9 (voice)

Colin Jeavons

Cast member

Ian Sears

Brendan Richards

Bill Fraser

Cast member

M

Mary Wimbush

Cast member